Alton Evening Telegraph from Alton, Illinois · Page 8

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ALTON
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TEAM
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On
The
Move
GETTING
RE
AD
Y
—
At
right
nurses
prepare
one
of
the
hospital's
two
operating
rooms
for
surgery.
Adjusting
the
table
itself
is
Mrs.
Doris
Walden,
LPN,
while
in
the
background,
Mrs.
Connie
Burcham,
a
surgical
aid,
readies
equipment,
and
at
right
Mrs.
Rosemary
Arnett,
RN,
changes
a
pillow
cover.
Barely
visible
at
the
top
of
the
picture
are
the
recently
installed
operating
room
lamps
that
burn
with
9,000
candlepower.
FENDING,ANSWERS
—
Pictured
below
is
one
of
the
hospital's
three
lab
technicians,
who
assist
doctors
in
analyzing
patients'
ills,
in
the
modernly-
equipped
research
facility.
FOCAL
POINT
—
Above,
Mrs.
Doris
Borella
of
the
hospital
staff
checks
a
patient's
records
in
the
files
that
are
kept
of
each
person
that
enters
the
hospital.
Doctors
also
have
facilities
in
the
records
room
for
conferences,
as
well
as
a
medical
library
that
serves
the
hospital's
7
resident
doctors.
THE
FACILITY
—
Below,
view
of
Carlinville
Area
Hospital
which
has
served
the
northern
half
of
Macoupin
County
since
1952
with
bed
space
for
68
and
a
daily
patient
load
of
almost
50.
SHINY
—
Below
is
Carlinville
Hospital's
spotless
kitchen
where
Mrs.
Marthelia
Armour,
pores
over
dietician
recipes
for
the
staff
and
patients.
Some
87
full-time
and
SO
part-time
staff
members
as
well
as
the
50-odd
patients
.are
fed
by
the
14-member
kitchen
crew.
TELEGRAPH
Photos
by
Robert
K.
Graul